Well, I continued to think about the publishing strategy for my softcover version of In Passing. It seems that my logic for holding back the softcover version until I complete the Limited Edition was based on traditional book publishing rules. But I am not doing traditional book publishing, eh? Now for me, developing the softcover book... Continue Reading →
Heart Broken Fence – In Passing project update
When I was writing about our trip to Las Vegas a couple of days ago, I just realized that I had an image to post with it, which is this one Heart Broken Fence, part of my project In Passing. In the introduction I wrote about how these road side memorials continue to change. What I saw during... Continue Reading →
In Passing – project title change
In Passing series copyright Douglas Stockdale - While finishing the artist proof for my next Edition Folio and thinking about a Blurb book for the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, I am now rethinking the title for the series. When the series was published in LensWork magazine, they provided this body of work with the... Continue Reading →
Memorials removed
Yesterday on my drive home, I noticed that I had not seen two of the three memorials that I had photographed in Southern California on the toll road. One is a little out of the way, so to reconfirm that it had been removed, I took a little extra time this morning to drive by... Continue Reading →
Memorial Shrine
I drive by this memorial shrine frequently on my daily commute and other side trips that I need to be on the 241 tollroad, thus I have continued to watch this memorial evolve. I had made my image of this memorial last Spring for my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip and although not published in... Continue Reading →
LensWork #74: Dec 30th update
I just checked the LensWork Extended web site and issue #74 is on line with an available pdf download of the current issue to sneak a peek of the issue, which included 4 of my In Passing images from the print copy. That would mean it should be on the magazine shelves shortly (I hope!) ;- ) Best regards, Doug... Continue Reading →
Editioned Folio: In Passing
Crosses at Santa Rosa Pass (from the project In Passing) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale One of the outcomes from having my project In Passing (Bad Trip - Sad Trip) published in LensWork, is being able to see what my images would look like published in a small book. Granted, I will have a slightly larger image in... Continue Reading →
LensWork #74 update – In Passing
Canyon Tracks, Nevada from the series Bad Trip - Sad Trip & published in LensWork #74 I just recieved my advance copy of LensWork #74 and it looks wonderful! I am one of four photographers, the others being Josef Hoflehner, Ann Miller and Barry Wolf. There are 21 images from my series in the print edition, the full... Continue Reading →
Lake Elsinore Heights
Lake Elsinore Heights, California copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale
Artistic Statement – Insomnia: Hotel Noir
Expressway Heights (Insomnia: Hotel Noir) 2007 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am in the middle of a bunch of multi-tasking tasks and I am afraid that I am not getting much of anything accomplished. So I have decided to work on taking first-things-first. The first is to follow up and complete the artistic statements for... Continue Reading →